#EED8A5#EED8A5
#EED8A5 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.070 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EED8A5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 216, 165) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 68%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 31%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 30.7%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.00, 0.15, 27.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.00, 27.96, 89.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.81% 0.0032 0.0704) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.81% 0.07 87.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.6081, 70.0075, 45.5941) |
| Luminance | 0.7000 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Wheat
#F5DEB3
ΔE00 2.70
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 3.31
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 3.42
Moccasin
#FFE4B5
ΔE00 3.69
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 4.13
Navajowhite
#FFDEAD
ΔE00 4.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EED8A5 #A5BBEE
analogous
#EEB4A5 #EED8A5 #E0EEA5
triadic
#EED8A5 #A5EED8 #D8A5EE
tetradic
#EED8A5 #A5EEB4 #A5BBEE #EEA5E0
square
#EED8A5 #A5EEB4 #A5BBEE #EEA5E0
split-complementary
#EED8A5 #A5E0EE #B4A5EE
monochromatic
#DBAB3E #E4C272 #EED8A5 #F8EED8 #FAF4E5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.40
#EED8A5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.00
#EED8A5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EED8A5
15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EED8A5 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EED8A5 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4D6A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EADCA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAD0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eed8a5; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 216, 165); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.070 87.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4e4c0',
500: '#eed8a5',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eed8a5; $custom-light: #f4e4c0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eed8a5",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 216,
"b": 165
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.918,
"s": 68.224,
"l": 79.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88807,
"c": 0.07047,
"h": 87.4
},
"luminance": 0.70005
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EED8A5
secondary
#6C89CB
accent
#4ED015
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFCF9
border
#D6D5D2
text
#171512
muted
#858482